Friday, May 31, 2013

Brad brought home a dining set last night!!! You’re probably
thinking, “Who cares?” but that table and four chairs were a really big deal
for me.

We have never had a dinette set for the entire four plus years of
our marriage and eating like a vagrant in the living room every day was
starting to drive me crazy. I hated how we didn’t have an official meal time
because I was forced to make individual plates up for everyone. I hated how we
inevitably ended up watching TV instead of talking. I hated how I couldn’t help
but dribble food down my ever expanding middle section because I couldn’t sit
up straight on our couch. I really am committed to living frugally and simply but it was really starting to get to me.

Last week I finally had a full table-related meltdown (Truly. I WEPT. I am partially blaming pregnancy hormones on this one.) and
Brad must have had an epiphany because last night after work, and in spite of the fact that he was exhausted, he drove 45 minutes
to Carrollwood to pick-up a beautiful, only slightly used, maple butcher block dining
table and four matching chairs.

Harper was in bed by the time the table was set up so it was
a surprise for her this morning. She was so excited when she saw it and kept repeating, “This
is our table! These are our chairs!” over and over. Then she immediately staked out a chair for
herself (I guess the days of booster seats and highchairs are over for us, at
least for the time being) and directed me to the chair opposite her. She
requested “special breakfast” after I “scootched “her in, so I made breakfast
cookies and hot chocolate and we enjoyed them together. At our table. It was
wonderful!

Thank you so much for the beautiful table, Brad! It is truly
the best gift you have ever given me!